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Bill Taft: “The exceeding amount of consideration it has received from the people of the Nation has been wholly nonpartisan; and the…”

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The exceeding amount of consideration it has received from the people of the Nation has been wholly nonpartisan; and the Congress set its nonpartisan seal upon it when the Monetary Commission was appointed.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft notes the nonpartisan support for monetary reform from the public and Congress, highlighting its broad appeal.

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